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Instructional Dome Has BCPS Students Seeing Stars Astronauts, Educators Laud “Portable Planetarium” That Brings Space Indoors

Instructional Dome Has BCPS Students Seeing Stars
Dr. Thomas Jones, a graduate of Kenwood High School, discusses the fun of eating dinner upside-down while in zero-gravity during space shuttle flights. 		Instructional Dome Has BCPS Students Seeing Stars
Commander Robert Curbeam exhorts students to work hard and get a good education in order to pursue career and personal goals and aspirations.
Instructional Dome Has BCPS Students Seeing Stars
BCPS Superintendent Dr. Joe A. Hairston welcomes the astronauts to Baltimore County’s schools. 		Instructional Dome Has BCPS Students Seeing Stars
Featherbed Lane students listen intently to the speakers talk about space and striving for one’s dreams.
Instructional Dome Has BCPS Students Seeing Stars
Dr. Hairston, Commander Curbeam, and Dr. Smith show off their “Science Is Alive” t-shirts to students. 		Instructional Dome Has BCPS Students Seeing Stars
Starlab’s great silver dome occupied a corner of the Featherbed Lane gymnasium.
Instructional Dome Has BCPS Students Seeing Stars
Speakers at the Starlab Assembly:
(left to right) Board of Education President James Sasidek, BCPS Superintendent Dr. Joe A. Hairston, NASA Space Shuttle Commander Robert Curbeam, and NASA Space Shuttle astronaut Dr. Thomas Jones. 		Instructional Dome Has BCPS Students Seeing Stars
Susan Riffe explains how the cylinder projectors work to display stars.
Instructional Dome Has BCPS Students Seeing Stars
Board of Education President James Sasiadek creates excitement among the students as he talks about learning about space and astronomy. 		Instructional Dome Has BCPS Students Seeing Stars
Featherbed Lane Principal Eileen Copple addresses students.
Instructional Dome Has BCPS Students Seeing Stars
BCPS Starlab resource teachers Tim Kent and Susan Riffe explain how the planetarium works inside the dome. Behind them, Board member Thomas Grzymski and BCPS administrator Deborah Phelps listen to the presentation. 		 

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